Vehicle license plate holder



June 5, 1951 c. F. scHULTz VEHICLE LcENsE PLATE HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 14, 1947 .4 Ill; ways Patented June 5, 14951' UNITED STATES PATENT 2,555,706 v were@ MQENSE etere @geen harlie F. Schultz, BellePlaine, Minn. einem 14, 1941, sera/1 new In' et r flzrr'sjof the invention Ykeys and racks finay e provided tofe'ffect the adjustment of the sections of .the frame to `it a '1`narticu1a-rv Alicense "plalteL I n all cases the sections are interiorly gfooved to receiv'e the (edges Aof the "license plate.

` Itis `at;'cordi'ngly `an objectif-of the 'invention Ito ,stende .Simple inexpensive; efficint and afetiff 'me'elie'for holding .a license plate# VA iufrther object of the invention is fthe provisionof an adjustable lioense'plate holder `which i is adapted` tobe `operated .onlyfbyrneans of "a"k`ey. fotherand rurtherbbjeets of the invention win becoine'apparent from a readingof the `f o'llovv- .ing specincation tanken in conjunctionwth the ldlawngsn which? l `,Figure 1 isffan elevational view, partly vbroken 'i away," of an enbodiinent of the'k'invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevational vie"W` of Vthe device showninl'igure 1.

*Figure '3 is a perspective view of the device shown in Figures landz,

Figure 4 is an elevational .forrn ofitheinventon,

Figure 5 is an elevational view, .partlybroken away, of .another formthe invention may take,

view of fa modified Figure 6 is an elevationalview of anothermodf ,iiedforniof the invention, Figures?? and 8 illustratecertain details ofthe seventies- ,Referring more particularly to the drawings, v.'sfhov'v 'therein a'lioenSe plate" holder n `jg span 'df rightja'iigular top 'members yeachprovided 'vvithal servies fof serratio'ns II "po their otervrtical'sides." The vertialfsides l, are adapted to slidably :tit within vertical por- `-50 `!7 Claims. (Cl. L15G-125) members are pro ut Plltions jI6 i "dog Iflipivoted u 11,5' urgedinto :en-

with integrally extend suguy -.b members I2."

` The 'portion 1.5 of ,the .member 13 is Provided with Va housing A2,2 "fin i'cl"'is"``r`r`ioli nted"a" dog" 23 which is simnarinan ,respects to tifs-dogs and `whch"is"ajd dto'e'ri "e vwith's er frame uas an entirety Ltothe''c w i, il a l i i my.

Each of `the efram sections `I0 and I3 Vare inl i i o Y ,L ,.v.

' In' operation, 1t will" to mounta license jpl indicated at 28, withi the bolt in like manner.

The operation of this form of the invention is identical with that outlined with respect to the the vertical portions I2 of the lower right angular device shown in Figure l except that the sections 3 in this case are bolted together instead of being held in position by the dogs II and serrations I I.

In Figure 5 there is disclosed a further modication of the invention in which the plate holder is adjusted by means of a key 34 adapted to fit Within a keyhole 35 cut within a gear 36 mounted in a housing 31 formed integrally with the portion I5 of the frame and adapted to enmesh with a rack "38 formed in the lower'race of the portion I4. The sections III` engage with lthe sections I2 in the identical manner defined with regard to the frm of the invention disclosed in Figure 4.

In operation, it will be readily apparent that the keyhole 35 may be adapted to fit the ignition or door key of the particular carin order to simplify the drvers problems.

In the form of the invention disclosed in Figure 6 the members I0 are provided with`racks39 on the outer vertical faces thereof and the por- Y tion I-4iis provided on rits-lower face with a rack 4I).V -The portions AI2 have'each revolubly mount- 'ed therein a singletoothed gear 4I' and 42, rejspectively, and a square -protruding shaft' 43 and 44, respectively. The portion I5 is provided With a housing 45 having a Vs'ingle-ftoothed gear 46 mounted therein which is provided with a proftruding squared shaft 41. invention a key 48 is' provided with a squared opening 49 much in the manner of the ordinary In this form of the skate key Which is adapted to engage with the v'protruding shafts 43, 44 and 4'I to rotate the gears 4I,`42and 46',"'respectively, to release the frame sections from one another. The plate 23 may be placed'vvithin the frame in the manner abovedescribed and then held in position by turn- .v ing vthe gears until the singleteethV engage with the racks adjacent.

While but certain forms of the invention have been shown and described herein, it will be readily apparent to thoseskilled in the art that many minor. modicatio'ns vmay be Amade Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the L scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is: 1. A license plate holder comprising a plurality of sections each interiorlygrooved to receive the edges of a license'plate and means forV adjustably y' Ylocking the sections V*one to another, said means comprising racks formed in certainof the sections, portions of the grooves of the other sections slidably receiving the racks, said other se- Itions having recesses communicating with the grooves thereof, gears journaled in the recesses ably locking the sections one to another, said l means comprising racks formed in certain of the vthe length and Width of the holder.

4. A license plate holder comprising a plurality of sections each interiorly grooved to receive the edges of a license plate, means for adjustably locking the sections one to another, said means comprising racks formed in certain of the sections, single-toothed gears journaled in certain of said other sections in cooperative relation each With a rack of another section, and means for individually rotating the gears to selectively vary the length and width of the holder, said last mentioned means comprising aV key adapted to t fand a pairof extensible top sections each having a depending leg slidably disposed in one of the end bar channels and a top leg disposed at a right angle to its depending leg, said top legs extending toward one another, said top sections being internally grooved to receive portions of the top and side edges of a license plate, the bottom bar of the extensible section being grooved sections, portions of the grooves of the other secl tions slidably receiving the racks,.said other sections having recesses communicating With the grooves thereof, gears journaled in the recesses of said other sections in meshing engagement with the racks, meansfor rotating the gears detachably connected thereto, said last mentioned means comprising a key detachably fitting into the gears whereby the same maybe turned.

to receive a portion of the bottom edge oflicense plate, and means for retaining the extensible section and top sections in a4 plurality of adjusted positions. Y

` v6. A license plate holder as in Aclaim 5, said retaining mea-ns comprising a plurality of rack and pinion units.

7. A license plate holder as in claim 5,!said means comprising aplurality of rack and pinion units, and a key for detachably engaging and actuating each of said units. ,A .Y

A CHARLIE F. scnUL'rz.v

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